Name:  Dr. Deanne Nolan, Ph.D.

Nationality: Irish

Contact: dnolan@unistra.fr

EDUCATION and BACKGROUND:                          ____________________________________ _____       

Postdoctoral Researcher.                                                                          October 2012 - to date

I joined the group of Professor Luisa De Cola at Institut des Science et d’Ingénieurie Supramoléculaire (ISIS), Université de Strasbourg, France, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in October 2012.

Postdoctoral Researcher.                                                                                           2011-2012

After completion of my Ph.D., I continued to work at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Professor Sylvia Draper, working particularly on the synthesis and optical and electrochemical characterisation of organometallic and nitrogen-containing polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrogen-PAH coordination complexes. 

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry.                                                                                                 2006-2011

I completed my Ph.D. in 2011 under the supervision of Professor Sylvia Draper at Trinity College, Dublin (Ph.D. entitled: “Bipyridyl and Alkynyl-based Polyphenylenes: Tuning Photoluminescence in Metal-Organic Chromophores”). This work was funded by a Government of Ireland Postgraduate scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (I.R.C.S.E.T.) and by Science Foundation Ireland (S.F.I.). My project involved the synthesis of a series of rigid polyaromatic frameworks based on the hexaphenylbenzene and hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) structural motifs, within which ligand functionality was synthetically installed by substitution about the periphery of the fused platform.  These materials were subsequently employed as luminescent building blocks in the construction of Ru(II) and Pt(II) optically active materials, whose photophysical and electrochemical properties were investigated. 

B.A. (mod., Honours) Natural Science (Chemistry).                                                          2002-2006

First Class Honours (Gold Medal). 

My undergraduate studies were undertaken at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, from October 2002 to June 2006.  I carried out my final year research project (4 months) in the group of Professor John M. Kelly, working on the synthesis of dipyridophenazine chromium(III) derivatives and their interaction with DNA.   

Awards:  Cocker Prize in Chemistry, 2006; Dr. George A. Lonergan Prize, 2005 (joint recipient); Trinity College Entrance Exhibition, 2002.

Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (Part-time, Taught). Distinction.                 Oct 2008-May 2009

School of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Dublin, Trinity College. 

PUBLICATIONS:                    ­­­­­­                          ____________________________________ _____       

·       Nolan, D.; Draper, S.M. et al.; “Structure-Property Relationships and ¹O₂ Photosensitisation in Sterically Encumbered Pt(II) acetylide complexes”; in preparation.

·       Graczyk, A.; Murphy, F.A.; Nolan, D.; Fernández Moreira, V.; Lundin, N.J.; Fitchett, C.M.; Draper, S.M.; “Terpyridine-fused Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons generated via Cyclodehydrogenation and used as Ligands in Ru(II) Complexes”; Dalton Trans., 2012,  41, 7746.

·       Roberts, D.J.; Nolan, D.; O’Maille, G.M.; Ledoux-Rak, I.; Singh, A.; Watson, G.W.; Draper, S.M.; “The synthesis and characterisation of novel ferrocenyl-polyphenylenes”; Dalton Trans,. 2012, 41, 8850.

·       Ollagnier, C.M.; Nolan, D.; Fitchett, C.M.; Draper, S.M.; “4’-pyridyl-2,2’:6’,2’’-Terpyridine ligands: Discrete Metal Complexes and their Polymeric Assemblies as a function of N-Pyridyl substitution patterns”; Supramolecular Chemistry, 2012, 24, 563.

·       Nolan, D.; Gil, B.; Murphy, F.A.; Draper, S.M.; “Propellers and Planes: Phosphorescent Pt^II σ-Acetylides from Polyaromatic Ligands”; Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 21, 3248.

·       Gil, B.; Cooke, G.A.; Nolan, D.; O’Maille, G.M.; Varughese, S.; Wang, L.; Draper, S.M.; “A dinuclear extension to constrained heteroleptic Cu(I) systems”; Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 8320.

·       Ollagnier, C.M.; Nolan, D.; Fitchett, C.M.; Draper, S.M.; “[Ru(3-pyridyl-4’-terpy)₂]²⁺ as a metalloligand – Adding to the complexity of supramolecular polymers”; Inorg. Chem. Comm. 2007, 10, 1045.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:       ­­­­­               ________________ _____       

·       RSC Dalton 2012, University of Warwick, UK, April 3^rd-5^th 2012. Title: “Probing Structure-Property Relationships in Luminescent Metal-Organic Chromophores”. 

·       International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Jan 29^th-Feb 2^nd 2012.  Title: “The Complex Nature of Polyaromatic Ligands”.

·       RSC Photochemistry Group – Young and Early Career Researchers’ Meeting, Durham University, UK (13^th Jan 2010).  Title: “New Photoactive Materials supporting Pt(II) Acetylides, Propellers and Planes”.  

I joined the group of Professor Luisa De Cola in ISIS at the Université de Strasbourg in mid-October 2012 as a Postdoctoral Researcher.  I am working on an industrial project, funded by Solvay, involving the development of stable and efficient light emitting materials for application in Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs).  This work incorporates the rational design, synthesis and photophysical investigation of Ir(III) complexes and their subsequent employment as dopants in the emissive layer OLEDs with improved device efficiency, stability and colour purity.